Thursday, January 17

PREVIEWS→ Ethan Hawke directs and stars in the world premiere of Jonathan Marc Sherman’s Clive. The multimedia play with music and “sound sculptures” follows a dissipated songwriter in the 1990s. Hawke shares the stage with Zoe Kazan, Brooks Ashmanskas and the playwright himself. Officially opens Feb. 7. (The Acorn Theatre, 410 W. 42nd St., btwn. 9th & 10th Aves. Info/tickets.)

THE WEEK AHEAD, Jan. 12-18: Picnic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Manilow Open on Broadway; Clive Begins – Playbill.com